Lebensrealitäten von Eltern im Kinderschutz

Overview & Synopsis

For child protection to succeed; parents and professionals must work together. This book focuses on the parental experience of child protection and its importance in professional practice. Using reconstructive research; the author demonstrates the centrality of understanding and being understood for successful cooperation. The author views child protection as a socially constructed; organised concept; offering opportunities for democratic negotiation on an equal footing. Parents express their desire for autonomy; participation and recognition within a support system that they perceive as powerful. This book makes the reality of their lives the central object of investigation.